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Is your head in the Cloud? IBM Workload Deployer (previously known as WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance) catapults you into the Cloud with both the hardware and the IBM middleware virtual images. The provided patterns allow you to easily, quickly and repeatedly create application environments in a private cloud. Want to learn more? Visit IBM Education Assistant, which offers 56 educational modules about IBM Workload Deployer. The modules are short (mostly 5-15 minutes). For an overview of IBM Workload Deployer, watch these modules: IBM... [More]

WebSphere MQ Clustering - Workload balancing - Round Robin Processing One huge advantage of WebSphere MQ Clustering is workload balancing. You can have more than one instance of the same queue on different queue managers in the cluster. This gives you lots of advantages: increased availability of queues and applications, faster processing of messages, and a more even distribution of workload in your network. Examples of the same cluster queue on different queue managers: Cluster queue manager 'A' has a queue called 'ATM.QUERY' Cluster queue... [More]

Clustering is a WebSphere MQ feature that is often confusing for many users. I’d like to provide some guidelines you can follow to ensure the optimum health for your cluster. Here’s a list of Ten Tips for MQ Clustering: Don’t issue refresh command unless absolutely necessary. The REFRESH CLUSTER command can cause temporary disruption to traffic as it clears out the local cache. It is not a command that should be issued on a routine basis. Have 2 Full Repositories (no more, no less). When updates are made within a cluster, two messages are sent... [More]